Rural Health
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'Any Body Is Better than Nobody?' Ethical Questions Around Recruiting and/or Retaining Health Professionals in Rural Areas
Focuses on the role of ethics in the recruitment and retention of rural health care providers at an individual, community, and healthcare system level.
Author(s): Christy Simpson, Fiona McDonald
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(4), 1867
Date: 11/2011
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Focuses on the role of ethics in the recruitment and retention of rural health care providers at an individual, community, and healthcare system level.
Author(s): Christy Simpson, Fiona McDonald
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(4), 1867
Date: 11/2011
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Compacts of Free Association: Improvements Needed to Assess and Address Growing Migration
Describes migration to the U.S. and its territories from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. Discusses financial impact in Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to provide services to these migrants, including health services.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 11/2011
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Describes migration to the U.S. and its territories from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. Discusses financial impact in Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to provide services to these migrants, including health services.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 11/2011
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Water Fluoridation and Dental Health Indicators in Rural and Urban Areas of the United States
Investigates the availability of fluoridated water across urban-rural settings, and relates measures of fluoride availability to national survey measures of dental health in adults and children.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Michael Hendryx, Constance Weiner, Matthew Gurka
Date: 11/2011
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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Investigates the availability of fluoridated water across urban-rural settings, and relates measures of fluoride availability to national survey measures of dental health in adults and children.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Michael Hendryx, Constance Weiner, Matthew Gurka
Date: 11/2011
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
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Health Care Access and Use Among the Rural Uninsured
Examines access to care and service use among non-elderly, uninsured rural and urban residents compared to each other and to their insured counterparts.
Author(s): Erika C. Ziller, Jennifer D. Lenardson, Andrew F. Coburn
Date: 11/2011
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Examines access to care and service use among non-elderly, uninsured rural and urban residents compared to each other and to their insured counterparts.
Author(s): Erika C. Ziller, Jennifer D. Lenardson, Andrew F. Coburn
Date: 11/2011
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Depression Literacy: Rates and Relation to Perceived Need and Mental Health Service Utilization in a Rural American Sample
Reports on a study that evaluated the depression literacy of a rural American sample, and examined the relationship of depression literacy with perceived need for and utilization of different types of services for those with emotional problems.
Author(s): Tisha Deen, Ana Bridges
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(4), 1803
Date: 11/2011
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Reports on a study that evaluated the depression literacy of a rural American sample, and examined the relationship of depression literacy with perceived need for and utilization of different types of services for those with emotional problems.
Author(s): Tisha Deen, Ana Bridges
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(4), 1803
Date: 11/2011
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Safety in Numbers: Are Major Cities the Safest Places in the United States?
Compares injury risk in urban areas to those in suburban and rural areas. Reports that death rates for injury are higher in frontier and rural areas.
Author(s): Sage R. Myers, Charles C. Branas, Benjamin C. French, et al.
Citation: Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(4), 408-418
Date: 10/2011
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Compares injury risk in urban areas to those in suburban and rural areas. Reports that death rates for injury are higher in frontier and rural areas.
Author(s): Sage R. Myers, Charles C. Branas, Benjamin C. French, et al.
Citation: Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(4), 408-418
Date: 10/2011
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Septicemia in U.S. Hospitals, 2009
Reports on septicemia hospitalizations in 2009. Table 4 lists rates of septicemia stays by location of patient residence for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Anne Elixhauser, Bernard Friedman, Elizabeth Stranges
Date: 10/2011
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Reports on septicemia hospitalizations in 2009. Table 4 lists rates of septicemia stays by location of patient residence for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Anne Elixhauser, Bernard Friedman, Elizabeth Stranges
Date: 10/2011
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Assessment of Awareness of Connectedness as a Culturally-Based Protective Factor for Alaska Native Youth
Describes development of the Awareness of Connectedness Scale, a quantitative scale tested with 284 Alaska Native youth to assess risk, resiliency, and change, based on cultural concepts of disorder, wellness, and healing.
Author(s): Nathaniel V. Mohatt, Carlotta C. Ting Fok, Rebekah Burket, David Henry, James Allen
Citation: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(4), 444–455
Date: 10/2011
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Describes development of the Awareness of Connectedness Scale, a quantitative scale tested with 284 Alaska Native youth to assess risk, resiliency, and change, based on cultural concepts of disorder, wellness, and healing.
Author(s): Nathaniel V. Mohatt, Carlotta C. Ting Fok, Rebekah Burket, David Henry, James Allen
Citation: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(4), 444–455
Date: 10/2011
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Rural Hospital Ownership: Medical Service Provision, Market Mix, and Spillover Effects
Compares nonprofit, for-profit, and government-owned rural hospitals and the effect of ownership on the services offered.
Author(s): Jill R. Horwitz, Austin Nichols
Citation: Health Services Research, 46(5), 1452-1472
Date: 10/2011
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Compares nonprofit, for-profit, and government-owned rural hospitals and the effect of ownership on the services offered.
Author(s): Jill R. Horwitz, Austin Nichols
Citation: Health Services Research, 46(5), 1452-1472
Date: 10/2011
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Rural-Urban Disparities in Child Abuse Management Resources in the Emergency Department
Outlines rural and urban differences in Oregon concerning child abuse management in emergency departments by merging survey and hospital-level data.
Author(s): Esther K. Choo, David M. Spiro, Robert A. Lowe, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 26(4), 361-365
Date: 10/2011
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Outlines rural and urban differences in Oregon concerning child abuse management in emergency departments by merging survey and hospital-level data.
Author(s): Esther K. Choo, David M. Spiro, Robert A. Lowe, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 26(4), 361-365
Date: 10/2011
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